Tally \Tal"ly\, n.; pl. {Tallies}. [OE. taile, taille, F. taille a cutting, cut tally, fr. tailler to cut, but influenced probably by taill['e], p. p. of tailler. See {Tailor}, and cf. {Tail} a limitation, {Taille}, {Tallage}.] 1. Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
Note: In purshasing and selling, it was once customary for traders to have two sticks, or one stick cleft into two parts, and to mark with a score or notch, on each, the number or quantity of goods delivered, -- the seller keeping one stick, and the purchaser the other. Before the use of writing, this, or something like it, was the only method of keeping accounts; and tallies were received as evidence in courts of justice. In the English exchequer were tallies of loans, one part being kept in the exchequer, the other being given to the creditor in lieu of an obligation for money lent to government.
2. Hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book; especially, one kept in duplicate.
3. One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.
They were framed the tallies for each other. --Dryden.
4. A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a tally in a game.
5. A tally shop. See {Tally shop}, below.
{Tally shop}, a shop at which goods or articles are sold to customers on account, the account being kept in corresponding books, one called the tally, kept by the buyer, the other the counter tally, kept by the seller, and the payments being made weekly or otherwise by agreement. The trade thus regulated is called tally trade. --Eng. Encyc.
{To strike tallies}, to act in correspondence, or alike. [Obs.] --Fuller.
Tally \Tal"ly\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tallied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tallying}.] [Cf. F. tialler to cut. See {Tally}, n.] 1. To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make to correspond; to cause to fit or suit.
They are not so well tallied to the present juncture. --Pope.
2. (Naut.) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard. --W. C. Russell.
{Tally on} (Naut.), to dovetail together.
Tally \Tal"ly\, v. i. 1. To be fitted; to suit; to correspond; to match.
I found pieces of tiles that exactly tallied with the channel. --Addison.
Your idea . . . tallies exactly with mine. --Walpole.
2. To make a tally; to score; as, to tally in a game.
{Tally on} (Naut.), to man a rope for hauling, the men standing in a line or tail.
At any rate, the cease-fire talks tally the first triumph of common sense and human decency since the war began.
Gainers outnumbered losers by nearly 2 to 1 in the early tally of New York Stock Exchange-listed issues, with 744 up, 425 down and 554 unchanged.
Gainers outnumbered losers nearly 2 to 1 in the overall tally of New York Stock Exchange-listed issues, with 757 issues up, 393 down and 504 unchanged.
The populist speaker polled 1.3 million votes in last year's parliamentary elections, the highest single tally in the ballot.
A final tally was not in, but spokeswoman Katherine Murray said the event raised $4.2 million to $4.4 million for the committee's operating budget, double what the RNC raised at its gala at the 1984 convention in Dallas.
The tally so far: I've lost money only once.
The decline continued in the first quarter of this year when Korea shipped 45,000 vehicles to the U.S., down 23% from the same period last year, according to a preliminary tally.
Although the returns gave a few members reason to worry because of the closeness of the tally, they set the U.S. on no new course.
Losers outnumbered gainers by about 10 to 9 in the overall tally of New York Stock Exchange-listed issues, with 452 up, 509 down and 448 unchanged.
On election night, the Interior Ministry's initial partial returns _ less than one percent of the vote _ showed him leading. There was then a delay of several hours before it released a substantial tally showing his loss.
The nation's latest trade tally probably will steal the economic show this week, but the workaday factory operating rate has a growing number of fans.
Losers outnumbered gainers by about 7 to 6 in the overall tally of New York Stock Exchange-listed issues, with 504 issues up, 597 down and 519 unchanged.
Gainers outnumbered losers by nearly 7 to 5 in the overall tally of New York Stock Exchange-listed issues, with 735 up, 534 down and 482 unchanged.
The final tally reflected Bush's 40-state sweep in the November election.
Dukakis so far has won 653.5 delegates to Jackson's 646.5 and Gore's 381.8, according to The Associated Press tally.
They then walk to the stake and tally points before repeating throws to the opposite pit.
Much also will depend on the credibility of the final election tally and the elections themselves.
Gainers outnumbered losers 9 to 5 in the overall tally of New York Stock Exchange-listed issues, with 803 issues up, 446 down and 519 unchanged.
The index of leading economic indicators, a number with mass appeal, and agricultural prices, a statistic made powerful by the drought, will hit economists' inflation tally sheets this week.
Coleman called a news conference today to announce that he would ask for a recount if the official tally shows the candidates separated by less than one half of one percent of the votes _ a certainty based on the unofficial figures.
Gold bugs lost their shirts in 1988 but investors in small, fast-growing companies scored healthy gains, according to a tally of the best- and worst-performing mutual funds.
The tally had not been completed by the end of last week, but Icahn had already said he expected to lose.
The House tally, if repeated exactly, also would be sufficient to override a veto, but 10 members _ seven Democrats including Speaker Jim Wright of Texas and three Republicans _ did not vote.
Losers outnumbered gainers by about 4 to 3 in the overall tally of New York Stock Exchange-listed issues, with 346 issues up, 469 down and 585 unchanged.
Advancing issues outnumbered declines by more than 5 to 2 in the overall tally of New York Stock Exchange-listed issues, with 1,022 up, 376 down and 433 unchanged.
That, Ford observed when he read the West Virginia tally, was "exercising the prerogative of the Electoral College." Bush injected a note of humor at one point in the roll call, when Annunzio said only that Arkansas had cast six votes for president.
Gainers outnumbered losers by about 13 to 9 in the overall tally of New York Stock Exchange-listed issues, with 773 up, 525 down and 52 unchanged.
Most expect the final tally for summer 1994 sales to be between 5 per cent and 10 per cent up on 1993. The travel agents' decision to extend discounting is largely an attempt to win market share.
The government expected to have a final tally officially counted by Sunday.
Gainers outnumbered losers by nearly 2 to 1 in the overall tally of New York Stock Exchange-listed issues, with 854 up, 434 down and 496 unchanged.